The Huge Value of Blank Checks and General Support

Philanthropy

Pearl River      The Economist is a conservative magazine masking as liberal, which underlines how confusing the liberal designation in politics is these days.  Nonetheless, an editorial of sorts entitled “Start Writing Checks” under a cutline saying “charity” surprised me.  They were coming down foursquare in favor of philanthropists, largely the megarich, their foundations and giving …

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Charity Dropping! Generosity Rising?

Financial Justice Organizing Philanthropy

  August 3, 2021             New Orleans, There’s a fair amount of head-scratching about the way Americans are turning away from charitable organizations.  Since our founding, we’ve been touted from de Tocqueville on for our belief in such organizations, but surveys indicate that those days are fading. The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana …

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